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annulment
An invalidation, as of a marriage, by the decree of a court
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  1. An invalidation, as of a marriage, by the decree of a court
  2. An act of annulling.
  3. The invalidation of a marriage, as for nonconsummation, effected by means of a declaration stating that the marriage was never valid.
cancellation
The act, or the marks or perforations made in the act, of canceling something.
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  1. The act, or the marks or perforations made in the act, of canceling something.
  2. A remedy by which a court calls in, annuls, and retains possession of a void or rescinded written legal document because it may cause unnecessary litigation or make a person’s title to property unclear. For example, a court may call in, annul, and retain possession of a void deed to real estate that a party used to falsely claim title to someone else’s real property, in order to prevent any such claims in the future.
  3. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
revocation
The act or an instance of revoking.
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  1. The act or an instance of revoking.
  2. An annulment or withdrawal of a conferred power or of a statute; a withdrawal of an offer by the one doing the offering; invalidation by the testator of a will, either by superseding it with a new one, or by destroying it. An annulment or withdrawal of a conferred power or of a statute; a withdrawal of an offer by the one doing the offering; invalidation by the testator of a will, either by superseding it with a new one, or by destroying it.
  3. A revoking or being revoked; cancellation; repeal; annulment
reversal
(Sports) A maneuver in wrestling in which a competitor being controlled by the opponent suddenly reverses the situation and gains control.
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  1. (Sports) A maneuver in wrestling in which a competitor being controlled by the opponent suddenly reverses the situation and gains control.
  2. A usually adverse change in fortune:
  3. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
withdrawal
A retreat or retirement:
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  1. A retreat or retirement:
  2. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance. The symptoms of withdrawal include headache, diarrhea, and tremors and can range from mild to life threatening, depending on the extent of the body's reliance on the addictive substance.
  3. The act or an instance of retracting or revoking:
abolition
The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.
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  1. The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.
  2. An abolishing or being abolished
  3. The legal abolition and prohibition of slavery.
revoke
(Card Games) To fail to follow suit when required and able to do so; renege
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  1. (Card Games) To fail to follow suit when required and able to do so; renege
  2. To withdraw, repeal, rescind, cancel, or annul (a law, permit, etc.)
  3. To invalidate or cause to no longer be in effect, as by voiding or canceling:
annul
To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
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  1. To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
  2. To judicially declare something to be void either from the date of decree or ab initio.
  3. To make an ecclesiastical or judicial declaration that a marriage is void ab initio and never existed. See also divorce.
abolish
(Archaic) To destroy completely.
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  1. (Archaic) To destroy completely.
  2. To do away with; put an end to; annul:
  3. To abrogate, annul, cancel, eliminate, put an end to, recall, repeal, or revoke, especially things of a seemingly permanent nature, such as customs, institutions, and usages. To abrogate, annul, cancel, eliminate, put an end to, recall, repeal, or revoke, especially things of a seemingly permanent nature, such as customs, institutions, and usages.
lift
To become raised or elevated; go up
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  1. To become raised or elevated; go up
  2. To yield to upward pressure:
  3. To reduce the sagging of (the face, breasts, etc.) by means of cosmetic surgery
recall
To request return of (a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
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  1. To request return of (a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
  2. To cancel, take back, or revoke:
  3. To call back; ask or order to return; specif., to ask purchasers to return (an imperfect or dangerous product), often so that a manufacturing defect can be corrected
rescind
To make void; repeal or annul.
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  1. To make void; repeal or annul.
  2. To revoke, repeal, or cancel (a law, order, etc.)
  3. To cancel a contract, whether unilaterally or by mutual agreement and restore both parties to status quo ante (the positions they would have been in if the contract had never existed). See also rescission. To cancel a contract, whether unilaterally or by mutual agreement and restore both parties to status quo ante (the positions they would have been in if the contract had never existed). See also rescission.
reverse
To cause to go or move backward or in an opposite direction
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  1. To cause to go or move backward or in an opposite direction
  2. To put a motor, engine, etc. in reverse; reverse the action of a mechanism
  3. To turn inside out or upside down:
revoke
(Card Games) To fail to follow suit when required and able to do so; renege
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  1. (Card Games) To fail to follow suit when required and able to do so; renege
  2. To invalidate or cause to no longer be in effect, as by voiding or canceling:
  3. (Now Rare) To recall
recall
The process of removing, or right to remove, an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote
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  1. The process of removing, or right to remove, an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote
  2. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return:
  3. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
rescission
The act of rescinding
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  1. The act of rescinding
  2. The termination of a contract unilaterally by a party for substantive legal reasons, such as the failure of the other party to perform its obligations; or, the mutual termination of a contract, with the result that both parties are restored to the status quo ante (see also rescind); a remedy that one may seek in a court of equity that results in a termination of the contract as though it had never existed. The termination of a contract unilaterally by a party for substantive legal reasons, such as the failure of the other party to perform its obligations; or, the mutual termination of a contract, with the result that both parties are restored to the status quo ante (see also rescind); a remedy that one may seek in a court of equity that results in a termination of the contract as though it had never existed.
  3. (Law) The termination of a contract by mutual agreement or as a result of fraud or some legal defect.
reversal
(Law) Annulment, change, or revocation, as of a lower court's decision
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  1. (Law) Annulment, change, or revocation, as of a lower court's decision
  2. A usually adverse change in fortune:
  3. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
revocation
A revoking or being revoked; cancellation; repeal; annulment
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  1. A revoking or being revoked; cancellation; repeal; annulment
  2. The act or an instance of revoking.
  3. An annulment or withdrawal of a conferred power or of a statute; a withdrawal of an offer by the one doing the offering; invalidation by the testator of a will, either by superseding it with a new one, or by destroying it. An annulment or withdrawal of a conferred power or of a statute; a withdrawal of an offer by the one doing the offering; invalidation by the testator of a will, either by superseding it with a new one, or by destroying it.
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Sentence Examples

  • He promised that, if he were returned to power, he would repeal the income-tax.

  • Attempts to secure the repeal of this provision have been unsuccessful.

  • In the dispute with the American colonies his sympathies were with the latter, and in 1766 he carried the repeal of the Stamp Act.

  • This led to an agitation for the repeal of the 44-% duty, but it was not till 1838 that the efforts to secure this were successful.

  • Two of his speeches in particular attracted attention, one against the policy of protection (16th of March 1892), and the other against the repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman Act (16th of August 1893).

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